Customer Reviews:
 Informative and full of great ideas! June 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love this book. Yes, much of the information can be found online, but I wouldn't have thought to look up some of these things.
If you're already an experienced gardener, this book may be a waste of time, but if you're a beginner and want to get your kids involved, it's great for motivating the 'budding' gardener.
This book is full of ideas for making gardening tools and materials using everyday household objects, like empty milkjugs (you can do many things with those!), muffin tins, 2-liter bottles, egg cartons, etc. There are recipes for natural, homemade bug sprays, pest strips, composting, and more.
I found it informative as well. There are bits of information about butterflies and how to attract them, weeds, worms, pests, helpful plants(what grows well with what) and critters, growing plants from leaf cuttings, tasty recipes using things you've grown, making herbed butter, starting your outdoor garden, growing seedlings indoors, making birdfeeders, gourd rattles, catnip bags, and lots more good stuff...and all using things you have around the house.
A great resource for the beginners and kids who like crafty things.
 Neat, but you could think of this things on your own. January 10, 2007
11 out of 16 found this review helpful
It was a neat idea, but really anyone could have written this book. An internet search could have taken care of the entire book. Save your money.
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